Post by waysider on May 23, 2015 14:01:25 GMT 1
I was given a Standard Vanguard Phase 3 SIX for a handshake in 2009. Its then owner, who had never used it on the road, spotted my Wolseley 4/44 in a pub car park and asked me if I wanted it. Having had a Phase 1 as a teenager (never getting it working) I could not say no. So a two-tone grey Vanguard Six, first registered in February 1963 with the index 477 RCV arrived in my barn. It has no working hydraulics (brakes and clutch) so it has stayed there until now.
The time has come to do something about it and as a first step I have pulled it out of the barn into the sunshine and joined the Standard Motor Club. I am pleased to be here.
I need a workshop manual and either a new clutch cylinder or replacement rubbers. This will be my first task. Any suggestions welcome. I am by no means a mechanic but I am of that generation that kept a car on the road by crawling underneath or sticking my head under the bonnet and learning how to do things for myself. So I can get by with basic mechanical stuff.
For the record the car was first registered on the 13th February 1963 and possibly supplied by Cornelius of Redruth, Cornwall. Its chassis number is W4725DL and engine number is W4222EA. In the 1980s it belonged to a Mr Walker from Tavistock, who may have been the original owner. I do not have the original logbook.
It was sold by him in May 1989 for £1,500 as a runner.
It seems to have been bought by a Walter MacNally, who lived in the Godalming area of Surrey. I think he joined the Standard Vanguard 3 Owners Club (What has happens to this?) and possibly the SMC. He may have rallied the car. In the mid 1990s it appears he took the car off the road, keeping its registration and transferring it to a modern vehicle. The Vanguard was registered as UFF 697. It has never been used under this number and still carries its original plates.
Ownership then passed to a Philip Russell, living in the same area, who stored it outside under a tarpaulin. It was from him that I acquired it. I, too, live in the Godalming area. If anyone knows anything more of this vehicle I would be delighted to hear from you.
The car shows a mileage of 56680 and from what documentation I have, this appears to be genuine. The car is a little tatty but I do not think it will require major restoration. Time will tell. Best wishes, Stewart Payne
The time has come to do something about it and as a first step I have pulled it out of the barn into the sunshine and joined the Standard Motor Club. I am pleased to be here.
I need a workshop manual and either a new clutch cylinder or replacement rubbers. This will be my first task. Any suggestions welcome. I am by no means a mechanic but I am of that generation that kept a car on the road by crawling underneath or sticking my head under the bonnet and learning how to do things for myself. So I can get by with basic mechanical stuff.
For the record the car was first registered on the 13th February 1963 and possibly supplied by Cornelius of Redruth, Cornwall. Its chassis number is W4725DL and engine number is W4222EA. In the 1980s it belonged to a Mr Walker from Tavistock, who may have been the original owner. I do not have the original logbook.
It was sold by him in May 1989 for £1,500 as a runner.
It seems to have been bought by a Walter MacNally, who lived in the Godalming area of Surrey. I think he joined the Standard Vanguard 3 Owners Club (What has happens to this?) and possibly the SMC. He may have rallied the car. In the mid 1990s it appears he took the car off the road, keeping its registration and transferring it to a modern vehicle. The Vanguard was registered as UFF 697. It has never been used under this number and still carries its original plates.
Ownership then passed to a Philip Russell, living in the same area, who stored it outside under a tarpaulin. It was from him that I acquired it. I, too, live in the Godalming area. If anyone knows anything more of this vehicle I would be delighted to hear from you.
The car shows a mileage of 56680 and from what documentation I have, this appears to be genuine. The car is a little tatty but I do not think it will require major restoration. Time will tell. Best wishes, Stewart Payne